[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR68.1]

[Page 355]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 68_CONNECTION OF TERMINAL EQUIPMENT TO THE TELEPHONE NETWORK
--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  68.1  Purpose.

    Authority: Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082; 
(47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 303).

    Source: 45 FR 20841, Mar. 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.


    The purpose of the rules and regulations in this part is to provide 
for uniform standards for the protection of the telephone network from 
harms caused by the connection of terminal equipment and associated 
wiring thereto, and for the compatibility of hearing aids and telephones 
so as to ensure that persons with hearing aids have reasonable access to 
the telephone network.

(47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 201-205, 218, 220, 313, 403, 412, and 5 
U.S.C. 553)

[49 FR 21733, May 23, 1984]